Today in History: Anne Frank was captured

71 years ago today, Anne Frank was captured by the Nazi Gestapo in Amsterdam.

The Frank family escaped from Germany in 1942, out of fear of being sent to a Nazi concentration camp. With the help of a few good-hearted samaritans in Amsterdam, they were able to stay hidden for a total of 25 months. On August 1, 1944, 15-year-old Frank penned the last entry in her diary.

"I get cross, then sad, and finally end up turning my heart inside out...and keep trying to find a way to become what I'd like to be and what I could be if...if only there were no other people in the world."
Anne Frank, Last diary entry

Three days later, after two years of hiding, the Nazi Gestapo was tipped off to the Franks' location and the entire family was captured.

The Franks were arrested along with two Christians who had helped hide them and were all sent to a concentration camp in Holland. Then, in the fall of 1944, Anne and her sister Margot were sent to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany. It was there that the two sisters caught typhus and died in early 1945.

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This Day in History: August 6th, 1945

Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima

On August 6, 1945, the United States became the first an only nation to use an atomic weapon during war when Enola Gay -- an American bomber -- dropped a five-ton atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

The Frank family escaped from Germany in 1942, out of fear of being sent to a Nazi concentration camp. With the help of a few good-hearted samaritans in Amsterdam, they were able to stay hidden for a total of 25 months. On August 1, 1944, 15-year-old Frank penned the last entry in her diary.